Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Can the Taoiseach guarantee that it is the case that no Government business or material or material pertaining to Cabinet ends up in that e-mail system? Presumably, less security is attached to the Taoiseach's personal e-mail account than would attach to his Government related e-mail account. Can the Taoiseach clarify that? Is material that may go from one to the other sufficiently secure in the Taoiseach's private e-mail account? I presume the service is owned by a private company. Can the Taoiseach clarify that for us?

Penetration by hackers and other states has been acknowledged as has the ease with which they can penetrate people's accounts and so on. In parallel, there has been a headlong rush to move everything online and to put all manner of crucial information online, including financial information. Increasingly, Revenue operates online, banking transactions are going online and so on. It is somewhat paradoxical. We are telling everyone to do this while the security situation is not sorted. Gaping holes exist in terms of people's security. It is a wider issue of policy. We need to be more cautious in forcing Seán Citizen down a certain line when the security for Seán Citizen is not sorted in terms of either the privacy he can expect or phishing relating to banking and so on.

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